The Pink Rose Arts and Civics Club, a local African American organization, will hold its 19th annual Founder’s Day Celebration program on at 6 p.m. Saturday at the New Prospect Baptist Church’s Fellowship Hall in Russellville.

Kaye Person, a prominent educator from Clarksville, will be keynote speaker for the celebration. Person was named Jackson County’s Walmart Teacher of the Year in 1996, and served for 10 years as alderman for the city of Tuckerman.

Person also worked on her Master’s Degree in education at Arkansas Tech University, and began her career as the teacher-director of a pre-school child development center in Clarksville. She has taught in public schools for the past 31 years.

Adult tickets cost $15, while youth tickets cost $7.50. Kids ages six and under are free. The proceeds go towards scholarships to graduating seniors in the River Valley area who will go onto college.